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Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and compliment him on his work in this difficult area. I was chairman of the national drugs advisory committee in the Department of Health from 1987 to 1989 and found it one of the most difficult portfolios with which to deal. At that time Dublin, in particular, faced the same plight. There were difficulties with heroin, cocaine, marijuana and...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister and I welcome this second report from the National Advisory Committee on Drugs. It is imperative that reports like this are published frequently to keep us informed. A key finding has been that 20% of the overall population has taken illegal drugs in the past year. That is a damning statistic on society. It is well known that a drugs culture leads to a violent culture,...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

John Gerard Hanafin: ...advertising campaign is essential. We could perhaps consider opportunities available in the media, for example, RTE, which might make an effort in its programming to show the harrowing decline of drug addicts and the problems created in communities and for families caught up with drugs. I welcome the publication of the first progress report of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs,...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Noel Ahern: I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad in my capacity as Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy. I wish to provide the House with an update on the progress made to date in implementing the strategy and, in particular, the results from the latest bulletin in the drug prevalence survey, which was launched last week. To put this bulletin in context, it...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State to discuss this important report and the problems associated with drugs. I will speak particularly about the problems in Dublin, the location with which I am most familiar. As the Minister of State probably knows, I live in a part of the city with a high level of drug abuse and, more important, with a large number of people who are in the business of supplying...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Frank Feighan: ...of the future of our so-called society. Some eight years ago, I visited Liverpool for a football match. On going to a city centre pub, I was horrified to find there was such an availability of drugs and that this was an acceptable part of the culture. Coming from the west, I genuinely did not believe this culture existed to such an extent and I am saddened that it has finally reached our...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Cyprian Brady: ...liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit and I thank him for his interest in this issue. It is clear from his opening words that he has a good grasp of the comprehensiveness and complexity of the drug problem in his constituency. He has also visited a number of drug treatment projects in my area and has seen at first hand how the national drugs strategy is working and its effects on the...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: ...to tackle. For a long time there has been a sense of denial in our communities and on the part of parents regarding this issue. It is only when a tragic case occurs, a large quantity of illegal drugs is seized or there is an exposé of the drug trade in the media that we stop and become alarmed. However, we soon continue unconcerned. One wonders if we realise the depth of the problem, the...

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: A motion was tabled for the extension of the drugs court on a nationwide basis. It has worked in north Dublin and it should be extended to cities such as Limerick and Cork and to Athlone and Letterkenny and other parts of Dublin. The Minister of State may say that it is a pilot scheme but Judge Haughton has proved that the pilot model has worked. It should be extended on a nationwide basis....

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his comprehensive contribution. The National Advisory Committee on Drugs has produced a report. I wish to refer specifically to the North Western Health Board and highlight the fact that it has the lowest rate of substance misuse in the country, North and South. That is welcome. In recent years the North Western Health Board has...

Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)